WILMINGTON — Gwendolyn Collins West, 95, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2019, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center, Wilmington.
She was born Feb. 27, 1924, daughter of the late Sterling and Irma (Vereen) Collins.
Born and raised in Wilmington, she loved Winter Park. She was a lifelong member of Winter Park Baptist Church, where she was a teacher of the Joy Class, deacon and loved by so many. She loved the Lord and shared her love with everyone she met.
Mrs. West was a graduate of Mars Hill College and Woman’s College of Greensboro. She taught public school at Winter Park Elementary in Wilmington and was a member of Eastern Star Chapter 346.
Surviving are her daughter, Helen Jenkins, and her husband, Mike, of Wilmington; stepdaughter, Patty King, and her husband, Burney, of Laurinburg; brother, William (Scooter) Vereen, and his wife, Sina, of Sneads Ferry; cousin, Judy Russell of Wilmington; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Frank Jamison and Charles West; and daughter, Deborah Pryor.
The family shares their heartfelt thanks to the 7th Floor nurses at New Hanover Regional Medical Center; the special staff at Lower Cape Fear Hospice; and the caring and compassionate doctors, Dr. Dave Rickard and Dr.Sleesman.
The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, June 20, at Winter Park Baptist Church with services following visitation at 1 p.m. at the church. The Rev. Mark Teachey will officiate and interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Winter Park Baptist Church, 4700 Wrightsville Ave., Wilmington, NC 28403.
Share online condolences with the family at Andrews Mortuary & Crematory.
